LincMad’s Area Code Mnemonics
| Code |
Mnem. |
Area |
Notes |
| 223 |
ACE |
PA: Harrisburg |
State gov’t is ACE? (also ABE, BAD, CAD) |
| 224 |
BAH |
IL: north sub’s of Chicago |
BAH humbug if you’re not a VIP |
| 229 |
ABY |
GA: southwestern |
AlBanY; also BAY |
| 234 |
BEG |
OH: Akron, Canton, Youngstown |
Please can we have a new code? |
| 242 |
BHA |
Bahamas |
BaHAmas, or bAHAmas |
| 246 |
BIM |
Barbados |
local nickname for Barbados |
| 253 |
ALE |
WA: Tacoma |
Lots of brew pubs? |
| 264 |
ANG |
Anguilla (Caribbean) |
|
| 268 |
ANT |
Antigua (Caribbean) |
|
| 269 |
ANY |
MI: Kalamazoo |
Give us ANY old number! (also AMY, BOW, BOX, BOY, COW, COX, COY) |
| 276 |
ARM |
VA: southwestern |
Keep us at ARM’s length from D.C.! |
| (279)
| CRY
| CA: Sacramento |
Boo hoo, I didn’t get a 916 number |
| (283) |
ATE |
OH: Cincinnati (postponed) |
Cincy ATE up all the 513 numbers |
| 284 |
BVI |
British Virgin Islands |
|
| 289 |
AUX |
ON: Toronto suburbs |
secondary code (also BUY) |
| 321 |
— |
FL: Space Coast, Cape Canaveral |
3-2-1-blastoff! |
| 323 |
FAD |
CA: downtown Los Angeles |
The epicenter of DAD trendiness |
| 332 |
DEB |
NY: Manhattan |
DEBut of a new area code |
| 343 |
DIE |
ON: Ottawa |
I’d DIE for a 613 number |
| 346 |
DIM |
TX: Houston |
We take a DIM view of new numbers? |
| 347 |
DIP |
NY: NYC except Manhattan |
Take a DIP in the East River! |
| 352 |
FLA |
FL: Gainesville, Ocala |
|
| 364 |
DOG |
KY: Paducah |
This DOG’ll hunt? |
| 367 |
D’OR |
QC: Québec |
Québec, c’est la ville D’OR (FOR ms-DOS) |
| 386 |
FUN |
FL: Daytona Beach |
Spring Break! |
| 423 |
ICE |
TN: Chattanooga |
The South is twICE as nICE |
| 438 |
GET |
QC: Montréal |
did you GET my number? |
| 424 |
GAG |
CA: coastal L.A. County |
icky overlay cancelled (but reinstated!) |
| 425 |
HAL |
WA: Redmond |
all-powerful computer run amok |
| (428) |
HAT |
NB: whole province, circa 2023 |
You can hang up your HAT in New Brunswick! |
| 435 |
HEL |
UT: rural areas |
incl. HELper, Utah |
| 437 |
HER |
ON: Toronto |
The Queen’s City, never know
when HER majesty might visit |
| 443 |
HID |
MD: Baltimore |
You should’ve HID that GIF! |
| 445 |
HIL |
PA: Philadelphia |
Welcome to pHILadelphia! |
| (447) |
HIS |
IL: Champaign, Springfield |
What’s HIS phone number? |
| 456 |
I-56 |
Int’l inbound 56K |
discontinued in 2017 |
| 463 |
IND |
IN: Indianapolis |
|
| 469 |
HOW |
TX: Dallas |
HOW many area codes? |
| 473 |
GRE |
Grenada (Caribbean) |
|
| 475 |
IRK |
CT: southwestern |
New code will annoy some |
| 484 |
HUG |
PA: Phila. suburbs |
You’ve got a friend in PA! |
| 534 |
LEG |
WI: Eau Claire |
Show some LEG in Wisconsin winter! |
| 539 |
KEY |
OK: Tulsa |
Tulsa has the KEY to your heart |
| 548 |
KIT |
ON: London, Windsor, Kitchener |
KITchener is all LIT up |
| 562 |
JOB |
CA: Long Beach |
Get a JOB, you beach bums! |
| 563 |
JOE |
IA: Quad Cities |
We’re average JOEs |
| 564 |
LOG |
WA: western, outside Seattle metro |
JOG to the timber industry |
| 573 |
LSD |
MO: Columbia, Jefferson City |
incl. state capital |
| 575 |
KQJ |
NM: Las Cruces, Taos, 👽Roswell🚀 |
Little green men can’t spell! |
| 585 |
JUL |
NY: Rochester |
when the snow melts |
| 623 |
MAD |
AZ: west Phoenix area |
angry about the 3-way split? |
| 626 |
MAN |
CA: Pasadena |
Man, oh, man! Do you play the OBOe? |
| 627 |
NAP |
CA: Napa and Sonoma Counties |
NAPa |
| 636 |
MEN |
MO: St. Charles, suburbs of St. Louis |
Real men don’t use 314? |
| 639 |
NEW |
SK: whole province |
Saskatchewan has a NEW area code! |
| 646 |
MHN |
NY: Manhattan NYC |
ManHattaN; Not In My 212 |
| 647 |
MIS |
ON: Toronto |
should’ve given this one to MISsisauga |
| 649 |
MIX |
Turks & Caicos (Caribbean) |
most numbers are 649-946-xxxx |
| 662 |
MOB |
MS: northern |
the MOB demanded a new number |
| 664 |
Mo I |
Montserrat Island (Caribbean) |
|
| 667 |
MOR |
MD: Baltimore, north/east |
baltiMORe has more MOPs |
| 678 |
Mr T |
GA: Atlanta |
The A-Team lives in Atlanta? |
| 684 |
MUG |
American Samoa |
souvenir for your coffee? |
| 726 |
SAN |
San Antonio |
SAN antonio |
| 732 |
SEA |
NJ: Jersey Shore |
|
| 743 |
SHE |
NC: Greensboro, Winston-Salem |
SHE gets RID of what she wants! |
| 747 |
SIR |
CA: San Fernando Valley (NW Los Angeles) |
Yes, SIR! |
| 754 |
SKI |
FL: Fort Lauderdale |
overlay of 954 & 754 |
| 758 |
S Lu |
St. Lucia (Caribbean) |
|
| 763 |
SOD |
MN: suburbs north of Minneapolis |
Get this sod off my lawn! |
| 767 |
ROS |
Dominica (Caribbean) |
capital is ROSeau |
| 769 |
SOY |
MS: Jacksonville |
a POX on ROY and his SOY SOX |
| 772 |
SPA |
FL: Vero Beach |
coastal resorts |
| 779 |
SPY |
IL: Rockford, Joliet |
Sooper-seekrit overlay? |
| 782 |
SUB |
Nova Scotia & P.E.I. |
SUBstitute for a PUB or a RUB |
| 784 |
SVG |
St. Vincent & the Grenadines |
(Caribbean) |
| 786 |
SUN |
FL: Miami/Dade |
|
| 787 |
Pt R |
Puerto Rico |
|
| 832 |
TEC |
TX: Houston |
Houston has high-TECh TEA? |
| 838 |
VET |
NY: Albany |
We honor VETeran(arian)s! |
| 839 |
TEX |
SC: Columbia |
Oy VEY, South Carolina annexed by TEXas |
| 843 |
TID |
SC: Charleston, coastal |
THE Tidewater? |
| 847 |
VIP |
IL: north suburbs of Chicago |
|
| 858 |
ULT |
CA: San Diego |
It’s the ULTimate! |
| 859 |
UKY |
KY: Lexington, Covington |
Univ. of Kentucky |
| 863 |
TOE |
FL: Lakeland |
dip a TOE in Lake Okeechobee |
| 865 |
VOL |
TN: Knoxville |
U. Tenn. VOLs (Volunteers) |
| 867 |
TOP |
Yukon, NWT, Nunavut (northern Canada) |
TOP of the world |
| 868 |
TnT |
Trinidad & Tobago (Caribbean) |
|
| 869 |
TOY |
St. Kitts & Nevis (Caribbean) |
an area code is not a TOY |
| 872 |
USA |
IL: Chicago (312 & 773) |
|
| (879) |
TRY |
Newfoundland & Labrador (postponed) |
TRY to wait for the overlay |
| 925 |
WAL |
CA: Walnut Creek, Livermore |
also 925=Y2K |
| 929 |
WAY |
NY: NYC except Manhattan |
🎼 Do you know the WAY to Staten Island? |
| 936 |
ZEN |
TX: Huntsville |
I’ve a YEN for the ZEN |
| 937 |
YES |
OH: Dayton |
Say YES to 937! |
| 938 |
YET |
AL: Huntsville |
There aren’t YET any WET YETis in Alabama |
| 947 |
ZIP |
MI: Pontiac, Troy |
No, these are area codes! |
| 949 |
WHY |
CA: south Orange County |
WHY split 714?? |
| 979 |
WRY |
TX: College Station |
Aggies have a WRY sense of humor? |
| 986 |
YUM |
Idaho |
Tasty Idaho potatoes 🥔 |
